The recent criminal convictions arising from the July 2000 Concorde crash near Paris renewed the concerns of aviation professionals and provide a timely backdrop for the work of Sofia Michaelides-...
Brunel hopes to profit from entrepreneur-in-residence's insights. Hannah Fearn reports
International collaboration casts light on early modern social history. Matthew Reisz reports
Plans to cut foreign language provision at the University of Glasgow have attracted a flood of protest from as far afield as Turkey, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the US.As Times Higher Education...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Blag on?
University of NorthamptonJackie CampbellThe phrase "no pain, no gain" could have been invented for Jackie Campbell, professor of neurophysiology at the University of Northampton. Professor Campbell...
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SpainNon-residents need not applyForeign students will not be allowed to apply to Spain's two main doctoral fellowship programmes unless they can prove they are residents of the country. Under new...
Minister appeals for Greeks studying overseas to return to revamped academy. Hannah Fearn writes
THE LEVERHULME TRUST• Award winner: James Spencer• Institution: University of Bristol• Value: £47,911Cfr, a radical SAM enzyme catalysing rRNA methylation at unreactive centres• Award winner: Martin...
Those in the humanities and social sciences must be less paranoid and more precise in identifying threats, argues Adam Roberts
But parent and student opinion did not make it into final report, FoI reveals. John Morgan writes
Government plans to open up degree-awarding powers to organisations that do not teach have been described as "revolutionary".
Mixed response from sector as 20 per cent figure for first REF is announced. Paul Jump reports
Funding cuts blamed for endangering democratic freedom of the humanities. Matthew Reisz reports